Holding The 6th Congress, PKB Will Announce Meeting With Prabowo-Gibran Government

PKB DPP Chairman Faisol Riza/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The National Awakening Party (PKB) will hold the 6th Congress on Saturday and Sunday, August 24-25, 2024. The congress is the PKB's highest decision-making forum attended by all representatives of party administrators.

Chairman of the PKB DPP Faisol Riza as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Congress said that PKB would decide whether the party's stance to join the government would join the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka government or be on the opposition line.

It is estimated that PKB will close to the government camp in the next five years. This can be seen from the aspirations of all party administrators at the regional level.

"In general, the voices of all branches and DPWs have so far wanted almost everyone to say that PKB must join the upcoming government," said Faisol at the PKB DPP office, Central Jakarta, Friday, August 9.

Faisol explained that the 6th Congress will be attended by 2,300 PKB cadres consisting of autonomous bodies (banoms), namely the central leadership council (DPP) and the syuro council, regional leadership councils (DPW), to branch leadership councils (DPC) throughout Indonesia.

In the congress later, PKB will follow up on the wishes of all regional party officials to branches. Where, PKB General Chair Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) will again lead the party for the next period.

"Regarding the request to Mr. Muhaimin as the general chairman of the PKB to lead again, it has been conveyed by all branches and DPW asking for his willingness to re-lead the PKB in the upcoming government and in the upcoming DPP management," said Faisol.

On the one hand, Faisol admitted that the timing of the congress coincided with a number of important agendas. Among them are the registration of pairs of regional head candidates on August 27-29.

Then, there is also the inauguration of provincial and district/city DPRD members in each region which is held on average at the end of August. Thus, PKB seeks the remaining time available and decides on the implementation of the Congress on August 24-25.

"Alhamdulillah, after being consulted, all of them have set this time to match all the moments we have to carry out this August," he added.